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hyraceum|haɪəˈreɪsɪəm|
Also hyracium.
[f. mod.L. hyrax, once used as the name of a genus including these animals.]
A secretion produced by the African rock hyrax, Procavia capensis, formerly used as a fixative for perfume.
1866Brande & Cox Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art II. 182/1 Hyracium. An article imported, as a substitute for castor, from the Cape of Good Hope, and derived from one of the species of Hyrax. 1892P. L. Simmonds Commercial Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Suppl. 462/2 Hyraceum, a secretion of the Cape badger, at one time considered to have medicinal properties. 1923W. A. Poucher Perfumes & Cosmetics i. 3 Hyraceum is a secretion having a most disagreeable odour of excreta and urine, and is obtained from a species of monkey [sic]. It is occasionally used as a substitute for Castor... This material is not recommended. 1966C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush ii. 34 The faeces of the rock rabbit..contains a substance called hyraceum, which is..incorporated in various perfumes. 1971D. J. Potgieter et al. Animal Life S. Afr. 394/1 These deposits [of the dried urine of the dassie] contain hyraceum, a valuable material used in perfumery. |